Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-08-20
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particularly large and ch" co "'ch-
cons out INTO the field.
So the season wore AWAY. Harvest
was y thing of the past. The gram
had been stacked and thra1hed. 'fhls
immediate section coming forward
with a larger yield ihau any othor
portion Of the territory. to again
quote from our friend the -dgd'or.
Corn -husking tine was even al hanu'
and the pumpkins wcr' ripe-wh'cn
meant fresh pumpkin pies and great
aoops of pumpkin hung mp aronnn 'he
chimney to dry against a time when
the fresh pumpkins was no longer
I'll us.
Tom still worked us faithfully ana
es good-naturedle A. ever. II" had
even got claim ot his own IN the
nri righborhood anI talked of gong to
farming for himself in the ,pring.
Laghariah shook his mead: he didn't
know what Tom might hc thinking OF.
MOI hut what Tom was q remarkably
GOOD fellow, and had risen rapdiy IN
hi, estimation, but he d .dn' altogether
Ike the idea of the best men pay
TOO much attention to his Alice. 30
he shook his head and had MS suSpl-
e,ons. But it was az "oin" To come
out, and that very soon. though Ooth
Alice and Tom were going about all
unconscious of the danger.
Pie? again whiopers the anxious
reader No; oh, dear, no not pie. No,
not pie. Alas. il il only ind been pie.
But the sad truth i, that things had
zone far beyond pie. Zachariah didn t
know it but Hannah dill. Too many
zig pies pumpkin pes apple pies
squash pies, currant PIES. strawberry
pies, custard pies and miscellaneous
pies had disappeared for her not To
know that Yes. it was too true that
many brave PIE had passed out oil
that pantry window. a victim to tho de-
signs of a plump, roSy-chceked girl ana
the horrid and growing appetite ot
hired man. So it wasn't pic that
brought about the dread climax. For
goodness sake, tell what it was en-
Here it is. then: Zachsriah caught Tom
kissing Alice!
Yes, Zachariah. personally, detected
, Tom. also personally. kissing Alice a.
he met her about twO-thirds OF the way
down the wide, outdoor cellar stairs.
-. Alice had been down straining tho
. evenings milk, and Tom. well. Tom
. rad no business going down cellar al
, all, much less when Alice was down
there! and Zachsriah with his own
eyes saw him kiss her once. and he
acted just as if he was going TO kiss
her againl And Alice, who stood one
4, step higher mp and might just as well
have escaped as not. stood still and
acted as if Tom had kissed her right
there on the cellar stairs before! Good
heavens! and Zacharah had once wor
-, ried about pie-ordinary, driod pump
kin pie not over an inch thick!
Young man," fairly thunderec
Zachariah. us they came up the stair'
: and Tom. especially, looked sheepish,
81 seed We kiss that gal o mine!
"Y-a-e-s, / did smack her couple o
times"
: "Yes. l know it, you-you-you-
:, git right ofTn my place-go righ
;, along."
" well. Zack, I'll tell ye-fl do it e
:, " We say so, but when ! go I'm goln' t
:, take Alice with me. that's sure!'
Hey? I reckon We won't do that
/, Jes' explain bout that kissin' bus
/, ness
- wy pap" said Alice. ''stop We
-, actin so foolish-don't YOU see me
- Tom are engaged an, are goin' to b
;. married when we git readyp Com
= and kiss me again. Tomr'-Ddsot
i, Bell.